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Community residents congregated at Local Roots Market & CafÈ to start Ohio’s Eat Local Week last week, according to the Daily Record. Wooster participants met with Ohio Agriculture Director Robert Boggs in order to kick off the event. Boggs, along with the organizers, are encouraging …

A man in Arlington, Ohio shot his two sons, Solomon, 8, and Samson, 6, multiple times in the head and chest. Troy Geller, 35, then shot himself in the head. According to the Columbus Dispatch, Geller wrote a note before the murder/suicide saying that he …

According to the Daily Record, last Sunday, as Workers performed routine plant maintenance at Smith Dairy Products Co., roughly 200 pounds of ammonia spilled on to the roof of the facility. From there the spill ran into storm sewers which discharged into and contaminated the …

The 161st Wayne County Fair is coming to Wooster on September 11 and ending Sept 16th. The week kicks off with the State Sanctioned Modified & Superstock Tractor Pull, followed by a week of other events, including Bobby Goldboro on Sunday, Luke Bryan on Monday, …

Veal farms in Ohio are under increasing scrutiny after Mercy for Animals released an undercover animal cruelty video from local Wayne County farm, Buckeye Veal. The farm in question used the “crate method” of raising veal, where the calves are chained and kept in a …

Spending deficit predicted to increase The Wooster City school district is predicting that the spending deficit will reach $4.3 million by 2011. Superintendent Michael Tefs said that deficit spending will be $3.5 million in 2010 and that number will most likely nearly double by 2011. …